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“I’m delighted for him and the career that he’s had up until now as a young player. He’s a fantastic talent but [I can say] no more that.

“I only speak on him because I know the player.

“He’s a big talent and it’s unfortunate that he’s maybe not going to renew his contract at Chelsea because it’s a great club but he obviously deems that his future lies elsewhere. Apart from that, nothing else to add. I can see where there’s maybe a connection with him but nothing more than that.”

RB Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhuttl on Chelsea target Naby Keita

“He feels well, and we love him. We are a super exciting club. Naby sees how much the coach invests to make him better.

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“If I take the celebrations [after securing Champions League qualification for next season] as a benchmark, Naby will stay with us forever. You just don’t just leave a squad like ours.” (Leipziger Volkszeitung)

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Steve McClaren on if Conte could have kept Sunderland up

“Conte, Mourinho, Wenger are winners, they collect trophies and they’re always going to do that.

“[But] I don’t think Conte could have kept Sunderland up. I don’t think he could have coached them the way he did and he would have [had] to adapt.

“I think in the past we’ve [British coaches] made mistakes and been labelled.

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“I asked the Dutch coaches about the English and British coaches. They’re not respected, have a bad image. They think we have an island mentality, we only know English and stick with that, we won’t learn other languages.

“They feel we’re rigid in our play, 4-4-2, not adaptable, not flexible, very direct. They only thing they really admired was our attitude and fight. But I think it takes more than that to win a championship." (BBC Radio 5 live)

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Saloman Rondon on Diego Costa

"Diego Costa fights all of the time! He's a striker, amazing player. I saw his movements, I saw his finishing, I always learn about the movements of other strikers.

"Someone I liked to watch is Drogba. Didier Drogba was an amazing striker when he was at Chelsea.